JOANNA BATH was born Joanna Vaughan on 19 August 1824 in Herefordshire, England.
Joanna immigrated to Australia with her family in November 1850.
The Vaughan family moved to Ballarat by 1851 and that same year Joanna married Thomas Bath in Geelong.
Thomas and Joanna settled in Ballarat where they established the town's first hotel, known
first as The Ballarat Hotel and later Bath's Hotel. Built on the site that is now Craig's Royal
Hotel, Bath's Hotel was constructed in May 1853 as a single-storey wooden building with a wooden tower containing the town's first public clock.
Thomas Bath was the first person to be granted a hotel license on the goldfields on 1 July 1853.
The Baths left the hotel business a few years later and moved to a farm at Learmonth.
At their property 'Ceres', Thomas began breeding long-wool sheep, gaining much success as an exhibitor at the local sheep-breeders' show.
Joanna was reputed to be the first white woman to arrive in Ballarat.
Whether or not she was indeed the very first white woman to arrive is unclear, but she was certainly one of the earliest white women to arrive on the Ballarat goldfields.
Both Joanna and Thomas were in Ballarat at the time of the Eureka Stockade but neither took
part directly.
Joanna found a pike (weapon) the morning after the rebellion and displayed it at an exhibition at the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute in 1876.
Joanna and Thomas had no children, but several younger relatives benefited from their
estates.
They left a lasting impact on their surrounding community.
When the vestry was added to the bluestone Church of England church in Learmonth, it was erected in memory of Thomas and Joanna.
SOURCE – Courage and Resilience-Pioneering Women (LUCY BRACEY AND FIONA POULTON)
Joanna immigrated to Australia with her family in November 1850.
The Vaughan family moved to Ballarat by 1851 and that same year Joanna married Thomas Bath in Geelong.
Thomas and Joanna settled in Ballarat where they established the town's first hotel, known
first as The Ballarat Hotel and later Bath's Hotel. Built on the site that is now Craig's Royal
Hotel, Bath's Hotel was constructed in May 1853 as a single-storey wooden building with a wooden tower containing the town's first public clock.
Thomas Bath was the first person to be granted a hotel license on the goldfields on 1 July 1853.
The Baths left the hotel business a few years later and moved to a farm at Learmonth.
At their property 'Ceres', Thomas began breeding long-wool sheep, gaining much success as an exhibitor at the local sheep-breeders' show.
Joanna was reputed to be the first white woman to arrive in Ballarat.
Whether or not she was indeed the very first white woman to arrive is unclear, but she was certainly one of the earliest white women to arrive on the Ballarat goldfields.
Both Joanna and Thomas were in Ballarat at the time of the Eureka Stockade but neither took
part directly.
Joanna found a pike (weapon) the morning after the rebellion and displayed it at an exhibition at the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute in 1876.
Joanna and Thomas had no children, but several younger relatives benefited from their
estates.
They left a lasting impact on their surrounding community.
When the vestry was added to the bluestone Church of England church in Learmonth, it was erected in memory of Thomas and Joanna.
SOURCE – Courage and Resilience-Pioneering Women (LUCY BRACEY AND FIONA POULTON)
JOANNA BATH was born Joanna Vaughan on 19 August 1824 in Herefordshire, England.
Joanna immigrated to Australia with her family in November 1850.
The Vaughan family moved to Ballarat by 1851 and that same year Joanna married Thomas Bath in Geelong.
Thomas and Joanna settled in Ballarat where they established the town's first hotel, known
first as The Ballarat Hotel and later Bath's Hotel. Built on the site that is now Craig's Royal
Hotel, Bath's Hotel was constructed in May 1853 as a single-storey wooden building with a wooden tower containing the town's first public clock.
Thomas Bath was the first person to be granted a hotel license on the goldfields on 1 July 1853.
The Baths left the hotel business a few years later and moved to a farm at Learmonth.
At their property 'Ceres', Thomas began breeding long-wool sheep, gaining much success as an exhibitor at the local sheep-breeders' show.
Joanna was reputed to be the first white woman to arrive in Ballarat.
Whether or not she was indeed the very first white woman to arrive is unclear, but she was certainly one of the earliest white women to arrive on the Ballarat goldfields.
Both Joanna and Thomas were in Ballarat at the time of the Eureka Stockade but neither took
part directly.
Joanna found a pike (weapon) the morning after the rebellion and displayed it at an exhibition at the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute in 1876.
Joanna and Thomas had no children, but several younger relatives benefited from their
estates.
They left a lasting impact on their surrounding community.
When the vestry was added to the bluestone Church of England church in Learmonth, it was erected in memory of Thomas and Joanna.
SOURCE – Courage and Resilience-Pioneering Women (LUCY BRACEY AND FIONA POULTON)
Joanna immigrated to Australia with her family in November 1850.
The Vaughan family moved to Ballarat by 1851 and that same year Joanna married Thomas Bath in Geelong.
Thomas and Joanna settled in Ballarat where they established the town's first hotel, known
first as The Ballarat Hotel and later Bath's Hotel. Built on the site that is now Craig's Royal
Hotel, Bath's Hotel was constructed in May 1853 as a single-storey wooden building with a wooden tower containing the town's first public clock.
Thomas Bath was the first person to be granted a hotel license on the goldfields on 1 July 1853.
The Baths left the hotel business a few years later and moved to a farm at Learmonth.
At their property 'Ceres', Thomas began breeding long-wool sheep, gaining much success as an exhibitor at the local sheep-breeders' show.
Joanna was reputed to be the first white woman to arrive in Ballarat.
Whether or not she was indeed the very first white woman to arrive is unclear, but she was certainly one of the earliest white women to arrive on the Ballarat goldfields.
Both Joanna and Thomas were in Ballarat at the time of the Eureka Stockade but neither took
part directly.
Joanna found a pike (weapon) the morning after the rebellion and displayed it at an exhibition at the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute in 1876.
Joanna and Thomas had no children, but several younger relatives benefited from their
estates.
They left a lasting impact on their surrounding community.
When the vestry was added to the bluestone Church of England church in Learmonth, it was erected in memory of Thomas and Joanna.
SOURCE – Courage and Resilience-Pioneering Women (LUCY BRACEY AND FIONA POULTON)
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